Antonio Tartaglia (born 13 January 1968 in Casalbordino) is an Italian bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. He came to the sport from athletics, having focused on the shot put and discus. He took up bobsledding after joining the Carabinieri, and represented Centro Sportivo Carabinieri.

Together with teammate Günther Huber he won a gold medal in the two-man event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, shared with Canada's Pierre Lueders and David MacEachern. He was the first person from Abruzzo to win a Winter Olympic gold.

Antonio Tartaglia

Tartaglia also won a silver medal in the two-man event at the 1997 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. At the European Championships, Tartaglia took three medals, including golds in the four-man in 1994 and in the two-man in 1997. He also won seven Italian national championships, taking five two-man titles between 1992 and 2000 and both the two-man and four-man titles in 2001.

Antonio Tartaglia

After retiring from competition, Tartaglia worked as a technician and fitness coach for the Italian bobsleigh team.

Antonio Tartaglia

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Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964

Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931

DatabaseOlympics.com profile

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1968 births

Living people

Italian male bobsledders

Italian sports coaches

Olympic bobsledders for Italy

Olympic gold medalists for Italy

Olympic medalists in bobsleigh

Bobsledders at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Bobsledders at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Bobsledders at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Bobsledders of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri

Sportspeople from the Province of Chieti